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T: America.
T: (My Country, Tis of Thee.)
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand voice overlays.
C: Music: Atttibuted to Henry Carey.
C: Words: Samuel Francis Smith.
N: The attribution of the tune to Henry Carey is probably wrong, but the composer isn't known.
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B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/001-America-V1.abc 2024-11-27 172334 UT
K: G
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N: The soprano+also staff is formatted for 3 staves; the book has only two with lttle space between words.
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w:1.~My coun-try, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of lib-er-ty,
w:2.~My na-tive coun-try, thee, Land of the no-ble free,
w:3.~Let mu-sic swell the breeze, And ring thro' all the trees
w:4.~Our fa-thers' God, to Thee, Au-thor of lib-er-ty,
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w: Of thee I sing; Land where my fa-thers died, Land of the
w: Thy name I love: I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and
w: Sweet free-dom's song; Let mor-tal tongues a-wake; Let all that
w: To Thee we sing; Long may our land be bright With free-dom's
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w: Pil-grims' pride, From ev-*'ry* moun-tain-side Let* free-dom ring.
w: tem-pled hills; My heart* with* rap-ture thrills Like* that a-bove.
w: breathe par-take; Let rocks* their* si-lence break, The* sound pro-long.
w: ho-ly light; Pro-tect* us* by Thy might, Great* God, our King.
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V: 2 clef=bass middle=D
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%%text First sung in Park Street Church, Boston, July 4, 1832